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S41598-018-22005-5.Pdf www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Skin gland concentrations adapted to diferent evolutionary pressures in the head and posterior regions of Received: 28 November 2017 Accepted: 14 February 2018 the caecilian Siphonops annulatus Published: xx xx xxxx Carlos Jared1, Pedro Luiz Mailho-Fontana1, Rafael Marques-Porto1, Juliana Mozer Sciani1, Daniel Carvalho Pimenta 1, Edmund D. Brodie Jr.2 & Marta Maria Antoniazzi1 Amphibian skin is rich in mucous glands and poison glands, secreting substances important for gas exchange and playing a fundamental role in chemical defense against predators and microorganisms. In the caecilian Siphonops annulatus (Mikan, 1920) we observed a concentration of enlarged mucous glands in the head region. In the posterior region of the body a similar concentration is made up of enlarged poison glands. These accumulations of glands structurally resemble the macroglands previously reported in anurans and salamanders. The skin glands in these regions are each surrounded by collagen walls forming a honeycomb-like structure. The collagen network in the head region frmly attaches to tiny pits in the bones of the skull. The two extremities of the body produce diferent secretions, containing exclusive molecules. Considering the fossorial lifestyle of caecilians, it seems evident that the secretions of the head and caudal region serve diferent functions. The anterior macrogland of mucous glands, rich in mucous/lipid secretion, in conjunction with the funnel-shaped head, may act to lubricate the body and penetrate the soil, thus facilitating locomotion underground. The blunt posterior end bearing an internalized macrogland of poison glands in the dermis may act in chemical defense and/or by blocking invasion of tunnels. Caecilians are limbless amphibians comprising the Order Gymnophiona that are distributed in Southeast Asia, Central and South America and Africa1–3. Tey are fossorial animals, with compact skull, reduced visual system and a pair of sensory tentacles2–5. Possibly because of their fossorial habits and tropical distribution, caecilians constitute one of the least studied groups of vertebrates6. Tere are only 206 species (less than 3% of total extant amphibians) distributed in 10 families7. As in other amphibians, caecilian skin is rich in glands which secrete substances that are fundamental to sev- eral vital functions, including chemical defense against predators and microorganisms1,5,8,9. Among amphibians, two basic types of cutaneous glands are present: mucous glands and poison glands. Te mucous glands, in the form of typical acini, contain a characteristic lumen and secrete hydrophilic mucus that keeps the skin moist, facilitating gas exchanges1,5,9,10. Te poison glands have no lumen and store their toxins in the form of granules (hence their traditional designation as granular glands)9,11,12. Unlike the orders Anura and Urodela, Gymnophiona skin does not show any apparent glandular accumu- lations (macroglands), such as the parotoids, typically found in toads and salamanders and usually related to defense against predators5,13–16. It has long been known that granular glands are enlarged and most numerous in the posterior region of caecilians17,18. In this study we analyze the skin morphology and the biochemical compo- sition of the cutaneous secretion of diferent regions of the body of the caecilian Siphonops annulatus (Fig. S1), a species widely distributed in South America19. Although this caecilian has a homogeneous body surface without protuberances, its head and posterior regions exhibit glandular accumulations in the dermis. In the head region the accumulation is comprised of mucous glands, whereas in the posterior region, it is comprised of poison glands. Biochemical diferences also refect specializations between secretions extracted from the two regions. Taking into account the biology and natural history of Siphonops annulatus, we speculate about the role of glandular accumulations in this species and suggest that the composition of the cutaneous secretion in the 1Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil. 2Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to E.D.B. (email: [email protected]) SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | (2018) 8:3576 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-22005-5 1 www.nature.com/scientificreports/ Figure 1. Internal morphology of the head skin and anatomy of the skull of Siphonops annulatus. (a) Internal aspect of the dermis of the snout tip revealed in transversal section, as exemplifed in the insert. Note the large number of skin glands arranged side by side. (b) Higher magnifcation of (A) revealing the predominance of mucous glands (mu), which are identifed by the presence of lumens. Note the collagen walls among the glands (*), conferring to the dermis a honeycomb appearance. (c) Image of a corresponding region of (b) afer removal of the mucous glands, leaving only the collagen. (d–e) Te skull of S. annulatus show many tiny orifcies (arrows) mainly in the nasopremaxilla (np), maxillopalatine (m), frontal (f), squamosal (sq), parietal (p) and pseudodentary bones (pd). Eye (e), tentacle (t). Scanning electron microscopy (a and b), stereomicroscopy (a insert, c–e). head and posterior regions is related, respectively, to locomotion and defense against predators in the fossorial environment. Results Morphology. Te bluish-gray skin of Siphonops annulatus is smooth and shiny with well-developed annuli. In spite of the annuli, the surface of the body is homogeneous and, apart from the pair of tentacles, there are no visible protrusions. However, when the skin of the head and the posterior region is tangentially sectioned, a large number of densely packed glands are revealed within the dermis, forming honeycomb-like structures with dis- tinctly diferent morphological characteristics at each end of the body (Figs 1 and 2). Each unit of the honeycomb is formed by collagen walls, surrounding each gland, either mucous or poison gland. At the head, the honeycomb structure exclusively contains large mucous glands identifed by the presence of a characteristic central lumen, usually containing secretion (Fig. 1a,b). In contrast, at the posterior region, the honeycomb structure contains poison glands characterized by secretory cells completely flled with spherical granules and the absence of a lumen (Fig. 2a,b). Both in the head and in posterior region, afer gland removal, the dermal structure reveals the collagen walls composing the honeycomb/glands arrangement (Figs 1c and 2c). Te collagen of the walls in the posterior region is much thicker (Fig. 2d) but more pliable than that of the head. Afer total removal of the skin from the head, the skull of S. annulatus reveals that the bones form a single compact and robust structure (Fig. 1d) with a large number of tiny orifces, mainly distributed in the bones of the frontal, superior and lateral portions of the skull (Fig. 1d,e). Te connective tissue matrix forming the honeycomb structure surrounding the glands extend into the pits of the skull anchoring the skin to the skull (Fig. 3a). Microscopic evaluation of the skin reveals two types of mucous glands, Type I and Type II (Fig. S2), in addi- tion to poison glands. Sections of the head reveal an accumulation of Type I mucous glands of much larger dimensions than those found in the rest of the body (Fig. 3a−f). Histological analysis of skin sections show that, in progression from anterior to posterior, Type I mucous glands progressively decrease in number and size (Fig. 3a–f), whereas poison glands become more numerous and larger (Fig. 3a–f). Specifcally, toward the cloacal region, the poison glands are much enlarged (about 2.2 mm in height), occupying practically the entire volume of the dermis (Fig. 3f). Type II mucous glands are homogeneously distributed throughout the body, with the clear exception of the head (Fig. 3a–f). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | (2018) 8:3576 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-22005-5 2 www.nature.com/scientificreports/ Figure 2. Anatomy of the skin of the posterior region of Siphonops annulatus. (a) Tangential section through the skin of the posterior tip of the body, just afer the cloaca (cl), exposing a great number of large glands in the dermis. (b) Higher magnifcation of (a) revealing the poison glands (g), predominant in this region. Note the absence of lumens in the glands and the thick collagen walls (*) between glands. Te insert shows a higher magnifcation of the poison stored in the glands in the form of granules. (c) Te honeycomb architecture of the skin becomes more evident afer removal of the poison from the glands. Note the presence of many pores in the skin surface (arrows), each one corresponding to a gland. (d) Higher magnifcation of the delimited region in (c) showing the honeycomb arrangement and the collagen walls (*), which remain unchanged afer poison removal. Scanning electron microscopy (a−b), stereomicroscopy (c−d). Te secretory epithelia of Type I and Type II mucous glands are composed of two cell types, which stain at diferent levels of afnity to PAS (Fig. S3A–B) and alcian blue (Fig. S3C). Te two types of mucous glands stain poorly with bromophenol blue (Fig. S3D). In Type I glands, all cells of the secretory epithelia entirely stain with Sudan black, while in Type II glands only one kind of cell is strongly stained (Fig. S3E–B). Te morphological characteristics of poison glands, despite their variation in size, remain constant through- out the skin. Tey are always larger than the mucous glands and are also composed of two cell types (Figs S2A and S3D). One of these cell types is always located in an upper position in the gland, just below the duct (Fig. S3A), and has granules exclusively positive to PAS (Fig. S3B). Te remainder of the glandular body is composed of cells full of granules that strongly react to bromophenol blue (Fig. S3D). Biochemistry. Te cutaneous secretion extracted from the head is viscous, colorless, and transparent, while that extracted from the posterior region is more fuid, milky and opaque.
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